Ovens

AGA

AGAs have fixed-temperature ovens (you use whichever oven is at the temperature you need rather than altering the setting up or down).

AGA 60: top oven can be set to either roast or bake setting, the bottom oven is a simmering oven. These are controlled independently of each other and the hotplate.

AGA 3 Series: top left oven can be set to either roast or bake setting, the bottom left oven is a simmering oven. The bottom right oven is a plate-warmer and the upper right is unheated; it's just for storage. These are controlled independently of each other and the hotplate.

Everhot

Top oven: adjustable in temperature up to 250C.
(Also with grill function.)

Lower oven - adjustable up to 200C
(although if you need more than 180C it's recommended to use the top oven).

The 100 models add a (slightly smaller) plate-warming oven.

110 and 120i models have the two main ovens plus a third full-size simmering/slow cooking oven.

The 150i has the three ovens of the 110/120i and an additional half-height plate warming oven.

The higher heat-output 120 and 150 models have two 'top ovens' both with a grill and two lower ovens with a maximum temperature of 200C.

Hotplates

AGA

AGAs have fixed-temperature hot-plates.

AGA 60 and AGA 3 Series have a large hotplate under the round insulating lid that can be set to either simmering or boiling temperature.

The AGA 3 Series has an aluminium warming plate to the right of the hotplate, as an option this can be replaced with a two-zone induction hob.

Traditional AGAs, Dual and Total Control AGAs all have a boiling plate (left-hand) and a simmering plate (right-hand).

The four and five oven AGAs also have a warming plate over the 'hotcupboard' side to the left (not for cooking, just for keeping things warm).

As an optional extra you can replace the warming plate on the hotcupboard with a two-zone gas or ceramic electric hob on a four oven AGA, or with a single-zone induction hob on the five oven Dual Control or Total Control AGAs.

Everhot

All Everhots (except the 110 Plus) have a large cast-iron hotplate split 60/40 (boiling/simmering).

On 60, 90i, 100i and the higher heat-output 120 and 150 models both sides of the large hotplate is separately controllable.

On 90Plus, 100Plus, 120i and 150i the less-hot, smaller simmering [right-hand] side is not separately controllable and will usually be about 75% of the temperature the boiling plate is set at.

The boiling plate is adjustable in temperature - up to 400C (which is very, very hot - we recommend using 300-320C, similar to the AGA's hotplate, which is fine for just about everything. The simmerplate will then be about 200-230C.)

The 'i' models all have a separately controllable Induction hob. Two-zone on 90i, 100i, and 110i and three-zone on the 120i and 150i.

Heat Output

AGA

All models at full cooking temperatures emit around 1kW of heat to the room.

(That's about one 'bar' of an old fashioned three-bar electric heater.)

Traditional models with AIMS, set at 'Slumber' and Dual Control with just the ovens on - about 0.6kW to the room.

Total Control set at 'Slumber' (hotplates off, just the ovens on at minimum setting) - about 0.4kW to the room.

The AGA 60 and AGA 3 Series models emit slightly less to the room at full heat, and even less still when some or all of the ovens or hotplates are turned off.

Everhot

The Everhot is designed to emit slightly less heat to the room than the AGA.

Everhots are also much more adjustable in temperature and since the heat-output is entirely dependent on the setting of the ovens and (mostly) the hotplate(s) there are no absolute figures.

For comparison - when set at the same temperatures the AGA, the Everhot will emit about 60% of the heat (about 0.6kW) and as a result will less fuel and cost less to run - about 60% of an AGA.

If you set the Everhot to a lower temperature (or use the 'ECO' mode) it will emit even less heat (and cost even less to run).

Controls

AGA

Traditional AGAs have one heat-source for the whole cooker so have one control for the whole cooker. There's no separate controls for different ovens or hotplates and the cooker is designed to be on '24/7'.

Dual Control AGAs have constantly-on ovens but separate control for each hotplate.

Total Control AGAs have separate controls for each hotplate and each oven.

The AGA 60 and AGA 3 Series have independent controls for their hotplate (and induction hob when specified on 3 Series models) and ovens.
The warming oven on AGA 3 Series models is also controlled independently of all other cooking zones.

(All AGA ovens and hotplates are 'fixed temperature' - when on they are at a constant setting. The adjustment with the thermostat is just that - a final small adjustment to your personal preference for the whole cooker.)
Note - The additional two ovens and warming plate on the 'hotcupboard' for five oven AGAs is switched separately to the rest of the cooker but is an on/off switch, not a temperature selector.

Integrated modules have 'conventional' ovens and hob so are controlled individually, and separately to the rest of the 'parent' AGA.

Everhot

All ovens are controllable in five degree (celsius) increments up to their maximums (except the third oven on the EVH110Plus, this is on or off and when on is at about 100-120C). They are controlled independently of each other.

Main oven - 0-250C; second oven 0-200C; third oven 0-120C.

Plate-warming ovens on the 100 models and the 150i are heated by an adjacent oven rather than their own element. As long as the adjacent oven is on at it's 'normal' setting the plate-warming oven will be around 40-60C.

Grill (in the roof of the main [top] oven) - always full power and is controlled by the time you want it to stay on.

Induction hobs have their own touch-controls and are separate to the rest of the cooker.

Programming / Energy Saving

AGA

Traditional 13amp electric and most gas AGAs can be fitted with the optional 'AIMS' programmable system.

It's best to think of AIMS like your central heating timer, which will lower the cooker's temperature (to a fixed lower setting) and raise it again depending on when you've programmed it to be ready. (It's raise/lower temperature rather than off/on.)

Oil and Economy 7 traditional AGAs can't be fitted with AIMS or any further energy-saving controls.

Dual Control AGAs are not programmable.

The Total Control AGA's ovens (not the hot-plates) can be programmed to heat up in advance (again, it's best to think of this timer as you would your central heating timer).

The AGA 60 and AGA 3 Series are available with an optional timer which can control the top oven. Note: this is the top oven only. This makes it easy to set the cooker to pre-heat the top oven for certain times of day on a '7 day' timer basis (much like you'd set your central heating timer). The timer is fed by a small cable from the cooker and needs to be mounted in a cupboard (or just above the worktop) next to the cooker.

Total Control AGA, AGA 60 and AGA 3 Series

Everhot

Ovens take about 2-2.5 hours to heat from cold.
(Using the boost mode for the top oven heats with the more powerful grill element and takes about 25 - 30 minutes to reach 200-220C).

Hotplate - about 45 minutes from cold.

Heating from a lower setting in 'ECO' mode depends on what your lower and 'normal' settings are but allow around an hour or so.

What's it made from?

AGA

Top, front, ovens and hotplates are all cast-iron - excellent for heat retention and 'radiant heat' cooking.
(The hotcupboard on the four and five oven models have steel ovens, the warming oven on the AGA 3 Series is steel, as are the ovens in the Integrated Modules.)

Having cast-iron ovens means the oven floor can be used as a cooking surface - ideal for pizzas, and for baking quiches and tarts without having to blind-bake.

Everhot

Body - steel, top and lids - stainless steel (and some aluminium where needed over the induction hob).

Fuel and Flue

AGA

Dual Control - always electric hotplates and either electric or gas-heated ovens.

Total Control - all-electric.

AGA 3 Series - all-electric.

AGA 60 - all-electric or electric ovens and four-zone gas burner hob.

All gas and oil models need a flue - oil must be a vertical chimney (conventional flue) and gas can either be this, or a smaller horizontal fanned 'power flue' (which has an audible fan mounted on the cooker).

Traditional electric models (13amp and Economy 7) have a small 28mm diameter pipe running horizontally to a fan box mounted outside to vent the cooking smells from the ovens.
The 'New Generation' AGAs (Dual and Total Control) have the option of a 'room vent' model or the fanned oven vent system fitted to the traditional electric models.

The AGA 60 and AGA 3 Series are room vented and don't have any pipes or flue to outside (an extractor is recommended above them).

Everhot

All are electric and none need a flue or vent to outside.

(Although recommended, it's up to you whether to fit an extractor above it.)